This photo is of the breastplate of the high priest of Israel. How can adoptive and foster parents make Easter meaningful as a family. Follow Sherrie's devotions and craft ideas this week.

Family Devotions and Crafts for Easter Week

(Before reading aloud, pray, then underline words and phrases that stand out to you.)

Imagine you and your family entering a time capsule and landing amongst Israeli pilgrims in Jerusalem on their way to the Temple for the most holy of days.

It’s the special day that the high priest is going to plead to God for the forgiveness of their sins. They had to go eHigh Priest.gifvery year for the high priest to forgive their sins.

What is the high priest wearing on his chest? The large square with different colors?

It’s called the “breast plate” and is made of cloth with twelve beautiful, different jewels attached.

Look even closer…each stone is inscribed with the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jesus made sure that the people He loved were close to His heart when He died so that they could live.

The high priest is a shadow of Jesus, our High Priest, who died for our sin once and for all.

You and I were carried close to his heart, also.

Just like the names of the 12 Tribes were inscribed on the breastplate jewels, your name and mine were inscribed on Jesus’ palms. (Isaiah 49:15)

In fact, if you were the only person in the world, He would have come to die for your sin so that you could have eternal life forever with Him, both now and after you leave planet earth.

Scripture: “….We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven…” (Hebrews 8:1)

Craft: Making a breastplate would be a lovely family activity and way to teach the kids about how special they are to Jesus.

Suggestion: Search for the image of the high priest online. Choose one and make print-outs for everyone. Tonight, read the devotional together as a family and have the colored pens ready for everyone to color the picture.

Discussion: What words stood out to you as we read about the high priest?

  • people were close to Jesus’ heart
  • name of tribe written on stone
  • Jesus died for sin once and for all
  • high priest was shadow of Jesus

Resource: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0geK987CLlaiUkAi5cPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw–?p=high+priest+of+ancient+israel&fr=yhs-pty-pty_packages&hspart=pty&hsimp=yhs-pty_packages

Bible Study: More verses about Jesus as our High Priest:

 

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